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The Old Fairbank House, Dedham, Mass. 
Built 1656-48-54. 



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The Old Fairbanks House. 



Abridged from a chapter in " Old 
Colonial Homes" written by Alvin 
Lincoln Jones, (1894.) 
Edited for this pamphlet by the Family 
Historian, ( 190S,) 

IN some respects the homestead of 
the Fairbanks family is entitled to 
the first place in considering the 
claims of the numerous old houses in 
the State, to our regard and attention. 
It is, beyond comparison, more pictur- 
esque, and in its primitive simplicity it 
brings us nearer to a true understand- 
ing of the actual appearance and 
characteristics of the house of our fore- 
fathers, than any other house we have 
seen. It is true that some changes 



have been made : but these have Ijeen 
in the nature of repairs rather than 
alterations, and have merely served 
to keep the old house from falling 
to pieces. The shape, size, and finish 
appear to-day about the same as they 
have within the memory of the "oldest 
inhabitant." 

From the outside it is difficult to 
realize that this is an occupied dwell- 
ing. It seems more like an ideal pic- 
ture, brought before our wondering 
eyes by some magic power of art. The 
gray walls, tinted by the brush of 
Father Time with the natural stain of 
the rain-drops ; the moss grown shin- 
gles on the roof in varying shades of 



sage and mauve ; tlie brightness of the 
meadow carpet, stretching away to the 
south, dotted with the yellow white of 
the " Marguerite " and the buttercup ; 
the purple shadows on the tree-trunks 
and on weather-beaten clap boards-^ 
make a composition of form and color 
which is hard to equal. That the pic- 
torial possibilities of the house and its 
surroundings are appreciated by stu- 
dents of art is apparent to any one who 
remains for any length of time at the 
house ; for hardly a day passes in the 
out-door season, that the grounds are 
not overrun by devotees of the easel 
and sketching-block, or the more nu- 
merous camera " fiends." 

It is impossible, in one photograph, 
to show the construction of this house, 
much less its remarkable quaintness 



and picturesqueness. The most pic- 
turesque view is from the back, as it 
appears when approached from the 
railroad station. No other poii t shows 
so well the lowness of the house as it 
nestles among the tall and stately trees. 
The colored frontispiece shows the 
front ; the house has apparently tur- 
ned its back to the road, as if to court 
that retirement which is denied it. The 
eastern end is also very attractive, and 
is photographed more frequently than 
any other section of the house. 

Facing southerly, the house stands 
on one of the best corner lots in the 
town. The large farm which once be- 
longed to it has long since been divi- 
ded and scattered among different 
branches of the family. The lot on 
which the house stands now, contains 






j' about one acre. 

As we come to examine details, we 
shall see that the house is in three sec- 
tions, a main part and two wings. The 
entire length of the house, including 
the wings is seventy-five feet. The 
main or middle part has a pitch roof 
extending down over the lean to at the 
back to within a few feet of the ground. 
Both wings are gambrel roofed. Long 
years ago, an Indian arrow projected 
from the roof, having been there be- 
yond the memory of any of the 
family. 

[It is a family tradition, that the ar- 
row was shot in, during the Indian 
raids in the trying days of the past.] 

As we stand before the front door we 
can count eight windows, of which no 
two are alike in size. Being irregu- 



larly placed as well, the effect is very 
peculiar. The boarding of the out- 
side walk will also attract attention ; 
for we may see an assortment of sizes, 
ranging from a narrow clapboard, four 
inches wide, to some heavy plank 
measuring twenty-one inches across. 
Contrary to the usual custom, we do 
not find the chimney and the front door 
exactly in the centre, one of the very 
few exceptions to this rule of building 
two centuries ago that we have seen. 
This deviation results in making one 
of the main rooms larger than the other. 
The old well, where formerly the well 
sweep hung, is front of the door, al- 
though the house is now supplied by 
the town water. [Through the kind- 
ness of one of the descendants a 
new well sweep has been placed in 



position.] 

In addition to the main chimney we 
shall notice a smaller one in the east- 
ern wing. The western wing never 
had a chimney, the rooms having been 
principally used by the hired men as 
sleeping apartments. Although con- 
nected with the main part by a door, 
it stands as a separate house, being 
built up against the older structure, as 
may be seen by an examination of the 
cellar. (This wing is supposed to have 
been built about 1654.) 

The doorways throughout the house 
are so low that a person of medium 
height can scarcely pass through with- 
out bending the head. The lower 
front entry measureseight feet in depth. 
From this diminutive hall five doors 
open — the front outside door, those 



opening into the rooms on either side, 
a door at the foot of the stairway to the 
floor above, and another at the head 
of the stairs to the cellar. The back 
wall of the upper stairway is formed 
by the wall of the chimney, as is usual 
in houses of this period, and the bricks 
have never been covered. This is the 
only case of the kind we have ever 
seen. In the hall we first noticed the 
extent of the settling of the walk, the 
front wall having dropped little by lit- 
tle until the timbers which run from 
front to back have brokon clear 
through. Extra pieces have been put 
in as braces, some of them measuring 
eleven inches in length. 

We passed into the kitchen at the 
left of the entry. Figuratively speak- 
ing, we passed from the end of the 



nineteenth century to the middle of the 
seventeenth century at the same time. 
No room in the house appears as old 
this kitchen. It is about sixteen feet 
square, and is only lighted by two 
long narrow windows on the front. 
Overhead all the beams and rafters 
show, this room never having been 
plastered. The walls are made of 
over-lapped boards with roundededges. 
The outside walls were finished the 
same way before the clap-boards were 
put on. All the woodwork in the 
kitchen has turned to a deep brow^n, 
chocolate brow'n, the result of age and 
the smoke from the wood fires of two 
centuries. Years ago the overhead 
rafters were painted, but the paint now 
has almost entirely disappeared. 

The old fireplace has been covered 



in, and a modern coal stove was used. 
The brick oven still remains, but has 
outlived its usefulness. The chimney 
at the bottom, measures eight by ten 
feet. [The covering of the fireplace 
has been removed ( 1908) and the origi- 
nal old crane found hanging in place.] 
A door has been cut from the kitchen 
into the west wing, and another at the 
back leads to the room in the leanto. 
As the floor of the kitchen is a foot or 
more lower than the room in the leanto 
a square log has been placed in the 
doorway as a step. The smooth, deep 
hollow in the log, caused by the pass- 
ing and repassing of the countless foot- 
steps, was one of the most interesting 
features of the house. The baby, the 
child, the youth, the maiden, father, 
"grandpa" and "grandma" have left 



their imprint here. We missed the 
well-worn door-stone at the entrance 
but we found its substitute here. 

Suspended from two hooks fastened 
into the great beam in the ceiling, we 
saw an old smooth-bore musket, two 
yards long. This gun has a famous 
history, having been carried to the 
siege of lyouisburg by Lieut. Joseph 
Fairbanks. After the surrender, Jo- 
seph Fairbanks and his family settled 
at Halifax, where his descendants still 
remain. A few years ago the owner of 
the gun sent it to Miss Rebecca, and so 
the old smooth-bore came to be hung 
again in its old place after the absence 
of one hundred and thirty-five years. 
[This gun was sold by Miss Rebecca to 
Prof. Henry Fairbanks of St. Johns- 
bury, Vt., and is at present in the his- 



toric abode of that branch of the 
family.] 

Crossing the entry we enter the par- 
lor. This was originally about two- 
thirds the size of the kitchen. An ad- 
dition was built on to the eastern end, 
adding about six feet to the width and 
allowing for two extra windows. The 
parlor has been plastered, and is in 
other ways more modern than the 
kitchen. It is one of the lowest in the 
house, measuring in the highest part 
not over six feet in height, and near 
the front wall which has sunk so much, 
it is several inches less. Here we 
found considerable old china and some 
very old books, and most valuable of 
all, a set of four colored pictures of the 
Lexington and Concord fight, by J. 
Honeywood. These are said to be the 



original drawings from which the re- Fairbanks and his bride in 1641, his 

productions which have appeared in father having erected the main struct- 

some of the magazines were taken. ure five years before. With the excep- 

One hundred and fifty dollars have tion of the kitchen we found this quite 

been offered for them and refused. a cosy tenement, having two lower and 

The leanto contains a room back of one upper room. A very odd little 

the parlor, which was formerly a bed- porch has been squeezed into the cor- 

room, and a long room back of the ner of the house, opening from the lar- 

kitchen and chimney, once used as a ger room. A "settle" or seat fills up 

sitting room and work-room. The bed- one side of the porch. This we are 

room has one small window. The told, was a great place for "courting" 

other room has two windows and an in olden times. 

outside door, which, owing tothe sink- The larger room in the wing was 

ing of the walls, is now but four feet John's parlor. One window looks out 

and four inches high. beside the porch, and two others across 

Although the leanto is two steps the yard at the back. In the north- 
higher than the main rooms, we must east corner is a chimney with a fire- 
go up still another to enter the eastern place in each of the lower rooms. In 
wing. It is an old tradition in the fam- the parlor, over the fire-place, still 
ily that this part was built for John swings a wooden crane five feet long. 



Long years ago, before the discovery 
of petroleum, the family used to hang 
grease lamps called "widders," or 
"old Bettsy," on this crane, to light up 
the room during the long winter even- 
ings. 

The tall old clock in the corner, al- 
though somewhat over 150 years old is 
a new comer to the house. It was 
bought from a family in New Hamp- 
shire a few years ago. For generations 
it had told the time in the same place ; 
and the last owner received it as a leg- 
acy, with the condition that it should 
never be sold unless to provide food in 
case of great need. Years passed away 
and the struggle for food became more 
precarious, until finally the ancient 
heirloom was sold. 

The small room in the wing was a 



chamber, and is only separated from 
the parlor by a board partition. The 
fire-place in the chamber was once or- 
namented with old fashionable blue 
Dutch tiles, two of which still remain. 
This room has two windows. [These 
two rooms have been repapered (1908) 
in dainty reproduction of an old 
style pattern.] 

From the main room a winding stair 
ascends to the chamber above, which 
is as large as both of the lower rooms. 
These rooms in the wing are quite mod- 
ern in appearance, being papered and 
painted; and seeming very comfortable. 
From the closet were brought for in- 
spection two linen counterpanes of un- 
known age, woven in the house from 
flax grown upon the farm. Here too, 
we found a handsome linen table cloth 




Original Parlor cr Sitting Roonn 



which belonged to Ebenezer Fairbanks 
junior, who lived on the old place from 
175S to 1832. It is probably over 100 
years old, and the design represents 
the American Eagle and the motto 
" H Pluribus Unum." In the border 
is woven the name of the maker, 
W. W. Coulson, Lisburn, Ireland. 

Retracing our steps, we found our- 
selves in the front entry again, from 
which we went up the enclosed stair- 
way, where the chimney bricks show, 
to the floor above. The more we inves- 
tigated this old part the more surprised 
we were that a wooden house could 
have stood so long with such slight 
changes. The great brown timbers 
show plainly here, the upright posts 
widening out at the top to support the 
transverse beams. Yet, despite the 



roughness of the finish, much caic is 
apparent in the shaping and ornamen- 
tation of the timbers. It is the evi- 
dence of this nice carpentry which is 
relied upon as furnishing proof, that 
the timbers were brought from Eng- 
land, for which belief there is a well 
established family tradition. The up- 
per entry is about the same size as the 
one below, and is lighted by one 
window, the outside size of the 
entire casement being 17 by 22 inches. 
The window-panes are 7 by 9 size. 

The room over the parlor has been 
the family chamber through all the 
generations that have lived here. A 
great many of the best relics have been 
sold or given away, yet we find a store 
of curiosities remaining. A wooden 
tray, said to have been brought from 



England, and a contribution box made 
of bark and fastened with thongs which 
was once passed around among the 
congregation at "clapboard trees" 
parish by Deacon Benjamin Fairbanks, 
were among the most interesting 
articles. [This contribution box sold 
by Miss Rebecca, has recently been re- 
turned to the family and is once more 
in the homestead.] 

The kitchen chamber, like the room 
above, has never been lathed or plas- 
tered. It is a large room, yet the light 
is admitted by one small window, 20 
inches high and 28 inches wide. The 
entire window swings outwardly from 
the side. L,ong we linger in this dark 
chamber, searching the dim corners for 
souvenirs of the days gone by. We 
found foot-warmers and spinning- 



wheels, candle moulds, Dutch ovens, 
and other articles of Domestic use. 
Then we ran across a pannier, such as 
our grandsires slung along the old 
mare's side when going to mill or up 
to the post ofl&ce. An ox saddle was a 
still greater curiosity ; yet from out of 
the depths of the gloom we brought to 
light the diamond-shaped panes still 
remaining. We had about given up all 
hope of ever finding any of these panes 
in any house in New England. They 
were brought from England, and set in 
strips of lead as putty was not in use 
at that time. The panes measured 
three and three-quarters inches across. 
The diamond-shaped pane was the 
first window-glass ever used in this 
country. The garret is reached by a 
ladder, and contains nothing but cob- 
webs. The eastern wing being newer, 



. What of its 
n as iuterestiug 
3d in? Let us 



possessed no oharacteria v cs differing from 
other beuses we have vBjted. 

So nnich for the lion 
people? Shall we lind th 
f ^ the home they have U 
^(1 and see. 

There arc persons still living who re- 
mber Ebenezer Fairbanks, the last male 
o^ the line to live in the old homestead. 
He was a man of considerable importance 
in the town ; a singer of more than local 
celebrity, his vocal gift securing him a po- 
sition in the choir of the Congregational 
Church as well as many invitations to join 
the '' singin'-schools " of the neighboring 
towns. 

He had eight children. Calvin the eld- 
est, died in l-SOO, at the age 22. His sec- 
ond son William, married Mille Farrington 
of Dedham, and had four children. The 
youngest Sarah was the wife of Augustus 
H. Endicott. sheriff of Norfolk County. 
William Fairbanks died Feb. 1, 1 80.3, aged 
78 years. Joshua, the youngest child of 



Ebenezer was born Dec. 2.i, 179(1. He 
lived at Dedham near the old homestead of 
which he inherited a part. He married 
Clarissa Bird of Stougliton in 181G and hml 
six children. The youngest was Kebecca 
who was tlie last owner of the ancestral 
home. Joshua Fairbanks died Oct. 27, 
186.T. 

Of the five daughters of Ebenezer and 
^lary Fairbanks, two were married, — 
Sukey Davis Fairbanks to Jason Ellis of 
West Dedham, and Mary Fairbanks to 
Nahum Hurringlon of Westboro. (An an- 
cient map of our country, aliout one hun- 
dred years old, owned by Nahum and Mary 
has been returned (19('7) to the house.) 

The three unmarried daughters remained 
at home, and, after the death of their fa- 
ther, continued to occui)y the old house till 
death separated them. Many stories have 
been told regarding the eccentricities of 
these three old ladies ; but, like all gossip, 
we found the most of the tales were not 
true. It was assorted that they could not 
agree together, and that each lived in a 



separate part of the house, occupying in- 
diviuual chambers, and at times refusing 
to see each other for days and weeks at a 
time. 

Indeed remorseless scandal mongers, re- 
gardless of probabilities, pointed at the 
three stair-cases, and asserted that these 
were built to accomodate the whims of 
these ill-assorted sisters. We want to 
state, as a matter of justice, that these 
things are not so. It is true that the sis- 
ters occupied separate appartmeuts during 
the last years of their lives ; but it was not 
dislike to each other, but from the natural 
desire of old folks to be alone. They had 
their peculiarities, as might have been ex- 
pected ; yet as long as they lived they had 
their meals together and attended to the 
household duties in turn, each one doing 
the work for a week. And although the 
dilapidation of the house made the task of 
keeping it in order rather dfficult, their 
housekeeping was of the first order. The 
painted stairs in the eastern wing, were 
never ascended without removing the shoes. 



The woodwork was scrubbed and polished 
until it shone. We can well believe that 
the house was a pleasant home during the 
occupancy of the three sisters. 

Prudence the eldest of the three, died 
March 26, 1871, at the ripe old age of 89 
years, 11 months, and 12 days. Sarah or 
'Sally' as she was called, died May 12, 
1877, aged 87 years, 3 months, and 16 
days. Nancy, the last of the family, died 
Jan. 19, 1879, aged 8-1 years, 4 months, 
and 16 days. Miss Rebecca Fairbanks 
lived at the old house with her three aunts 
during the last years of their lives. 

Throughout the 258 years which have 
passed over it, the house has never been 
deeded. A Fairbanks built it, his descend- 
ants have always owned and occupied it. 
During the Summer of 19U2 a severe thun- 
derstorm passed over the town. Miss Re- 
becca was alone in the house and had just 
retired, her dog lying under the bed as 
usual. A bolt of lightning struck the 
house, passed through the room where Miss 
Fairbanks was lying and killed the dog. 



Although much frightened, Miss Fairbanks the following sunmier, and remained until 
was uninjured. Yet so strong was her tlio estate was purchased by the "Fair- 
dread of the place and of being alone then- banks Family Association". The V-a\v 
that she removed to Boston, the following banks house proves a great attraetion U> 
winter. The house was let, and for the visitors. At present it divides attention 
first time in its history it was occupied by with the anti'iimrian society's rooms, at the 
stranijers. Miss Fairbanks returned there centric of the town. 



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Jonathan Fayerbanke-His History. 

By John Wilder Fairbank, Family Historian 

WO "Fairbanks" names appear on l^cvcrett and his wife, (iovcrnor Brew- 

the early records of the Puritan s^^*'" ^"'J ^^'''^'^ Hutchinson It was 

„ , r.. , , T- ■ 1 , '^in ve 8th moneth, 1633, that these 

Co ony. Richard raircbanke came • ' j ,, , ». j il- ..„ ^,u 

^ signed "ye covenant, and "in ve qth 

to Boston in 1633, with his wife Eliza- ^^^^^j^ Eli/.abcth Fairebancke." ' Rich- 
beth. It is thought that they came in the ^^d was prominently identified with the 
"Griffin," the ship which brought Rev. public affairs of the new settlement and 
John Cotton to these shores. Savage, the held many town offices. He was a mem- 
historian says, that they united with the ber of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- 
church a month after that great teacher's lery Company, and was the first Post- 
arrival, on the same day with Elder master of the Colon}'. In 1639 the 



council granted the petition of the inhabi- 
tants and the following order was issued: 

"For preventing the miscarriage of 
letters, and it is ordered that notice be 
given Richard Fairebanke, his house in 
Boston is the place appointed for all let- 
ters which are brought beyond the seas, 
or are to be sent thither, are to be brought 
unto; and he is to take care that they be 
delivered and sent according to their direc- 
tions; and he is allowed for every letter a 
penny, and must answer all miscarriages 
through his own neglect in this kind, 
provided that no man shall be compelled 
to bring his letter thither except he 
please." He probably served the people 
thus until his death, as we find nothing 
further said, until 1677, when the inhabi- 
tants of Boston again petitioned the 
council for a postmaster. We learn by 
deaths filed, that he died prior to April 
15, 1667. He left no descendants in the 



male line, for as far as the records show, 
he had only two children, Zaccheus, the 
boy, dying at the early age of 14 years: 
Constance, the daughter, was born (bapt.) 
January 10, 1636, and married Samuel 
Mattock of Boston, March 30, 1653. 
Ten children were born to them, four 
only living to bring up families. The 
history of Richard Fairebanke is an inter- 
esting one, but our interest, as a family, 
is all centered in the other arrival. 



Our Ancestor, 

Jonathan Fayerbanke, is reported to 
have come from Sovverby, in the vicarage of 
Halifax, Yorkshire, England, to Boston, 
Mass., probably in 1633, at the same time 
that Richard came. It is not known for 
sure, but it is thought that they were 
brothers. The records on this side the 
water have been searched carefully, but 



thus far have failed to show the date of 
their arrival or their relationship. It is 
hoped that the searchings now going on in 
the mother land will determine these mat- 
ters. With Jonathan, came his wife Grace 
and six children, John, George, Mary, 
Susan, Jonas and Jonathan. It is said that 
they brought with them the frame of a 
house , and that the timbers lay in Boston 
for three years, during which time Jonathan 
looked about for a location. He finally 
decided on Dedham, [Contentment as then 
called] where he settled in 1636. This 
old town, now quite famous, was established 
and named by the (General Court on the 
"loth of ye 7th moneth 1636." (Sept. 
loth) on the petition of twelve persons. 
Thereupon the "Dedham Covenant" was 
drawn up and signed by the petitioners and 
others. After the grant of the General 
Court in 1636, persons were admitted from 
,time to time. On the 23d of March, 1637, 
"Jonathan Fairebanke" being i)resented by 
John Duite was accepted and subscribt-d. 



The Covenant was in the nature of a 
mutual compact concerning the future 
management of the affairs of the town, and 
was as follows : 



THE COVENANT, 



1 . We whose names ar here vnto sub- 
scribed, doe. in the feare and Reuerence of 
our .Mlmightie God, Mutually : and seuer- 
ally p'mise amongst our seules and each to 
other to p'fTesse and practice one truth 
according to that most p'fect rule, the 
foundacion where of is Eurlasting Love : 

2. That we shall by all meanes I^boure 
to keepe of from vs all such as ar contra- 
rye minded. And receaue onely such vnto 
vs as be such as may be p'bably of one 
harte, with vs as that we either knowe or 
may well and truely be informed to walke 
in a peaceable conuersation with all meake- 
nes of spirit for edification of each other 
in the knowledg and faith of the lord 
lesus ; and the mutuall encouragmt vnto 



all Temporall comforts in all things : seeke- 
ing the good of each other out of all which 
may be deriued true Peace. 

3. That if at any time difference shall 
arise betwene p'ties of our said Towne, 
that then such p'tie and p'ties shall present- 
ly Referre all such difference, vnto som 
one. 2. or 3. others of our said societie to 
be fully accorded and determined without 
any further delay, if it possibly may be : 

4. That every man that now or at any 
time heere after shall haue Lotts in our 
Towne shall pay his share in all such 
Rates of money, and charges shall be 
impored upon him Rateably in p portion 
with other men As also become freely 
subeject vnto all such orders and constitu- 
tions as shall be necessariely had or made, 
now or at any time heere after from this 
daye fore warde, as well for Loveing and 
comfortable societie, in ovr said Towne as 
also for the p sperous and thriuing Condi- 
cian of our said fellowshipe, especially 
respecting the feare of God in which we 



desire to begin and continue what so euer 
we shall by his Loveing fauour take in hand. 
5. And for the better manefestation of 
our true resolution heere in. euery man so 
receaud ; to subscribe heere vnto his name 
there by obligeing both himgelf and his 
successors after him for euer, as we have 
done. 



A Prominent Man. 

We find that our ancestor was placed at 
once on a special committee, that he was 
present month by month at the meetings, 
taking an active part in the affairs of the 
town andthat he was a prominent man in 
those early trying days. He was a man 
with a good education for the times, a man 
of strong common sense, sound judgement 
and good executive ability. 

"It seems evident," says an able cor- 
respondent, "that he was a man of strong 
individuality, and that characteristic, at 









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The Old Fairbanks House, Dedham, Mass. (South Front) 
Built 1656-48-54 



least, his descendants undoubtedly retain 
to a large extent, for we find many instan- 
ces of dogged tenacity of purpose marlcing 
the actions of individuals in each genera- 
tion, by means of which they have raised 
themselves to high rank in their respective 
callings, and we are fully entitled to claim 
that the average position which has been 
attained by the menbers of the family in 
the communities in which they have la- 
bored, has been snch as to mark it as a 
family second to none in any respect on 
this side of the Atlantic." 

He was evidently possessed of ample 
means for those days, or he would not 
have been able to have taken good care of 
his large family until he secured his per- 
manent home. He received various grants 
of land in Dedham at different times, in- 
cluding the lot on which the house now 
stands. Before 1637 there had been granted 
him a twelve acre lot, four acres of which 
were "Swampe" land ; and in that year he 
received another allotment of four acres 



more. 

In those early days lands were granted 
to individuals in twelve and eight acre lots, 
the grants reading thus : 

"Ordered that euery Twelve Acre Lott 
shall have foure acres of swampe granted 
in the first grante there vnto besides what 
may be granted in any deuident of swampe 
that may afterwards be layed out." 

Another order read : 

"Ordered that eucry man that hath an 
whole Lott shall haue so many Acres of 
Meadowe as he hath vpland in his first 
grante for a house Lott where of part of 
such pcells of meadowe as lyeth adioyneing 
to his said Lott shall be granted to him in 
pt and the remainder shall be made vp 
else where." 

In 1642 he was granted "Sixe acres in 
ye medowe neere vnto the south side of 
Kallpatc hill." Two other grants appear 
on the recods in 1644, and in 1656 he 
was alloted his proportion ol "Comon town 
rights," six and three-fourths acres. 



The Ancestral Home, 

On tne "vpland in his grant for an house 
Lett," made in 1636, our ancestor built his 
first house, or rather a part of the present 
building, in which they hved subsequently ; 
about 1648, an addition was built, and a 
few years later, a larger addition was made, 
which was called "the new house," supposed 
to be built for the occupation of his oldest 
son John and his family. There the historic 
old house has stood till the present- time, 
"warped and worn by the sunshine and 
storms" of nearly three centuries. "Winter 
and summer, frost and heat have done 
much to undermine its symmetry, and its 
leaning walls and sloping floors are only 
held in place by its massive oak." During 
all this time down to 1897, it has been 
handed down through eight generations 
with never a mortgage incumbrance upon it. 

As to Jonathan's "gude wife," we know 
nothing at present, but we can not but feel 
that she was "a fair woman to look upon" 
and that there was no holding back, when 



the call came to her husband as it did to 
Abram of old, "Get thee out of thy country, 
and from thy kindred, and from thy father's 
house unto a land that I will show thee, and 
I will make of thee a great nation, and I 
will bless thee and make thy name great, 
and thou shalt be a blessing." It is only 
recently (1903) that her name and date of 
marriage have been discovered, all of the 
Dedham records simply saying, "Jonathan 
and Grace." Probably at some future time, 
we may learn of her parentage as well as 
that of Jonathan the husband, as researches 
are now being carried forward in the country 
about the old Sowerby hamlet. The Hali- 
fax parish register (a few miles from Sower- 
by) has this record : "161 7, 20 May Nup. 
Jonathan Fayrbanke — ? and Grace Smith 
War." War stands for Warley, probably 
the home of Grace. The same parish 
register has this record : "Sowerby, George 
Fayerbanke. Church warden." He was a 
cousin (of some degree) of Jonathan as 
the following testifies : * 



\ 

I 

Will of George Faireiuxke of En'gland 

1650 

This handsomely written copy was folded 
and sealed, like a letter, without envelope, 
and addressed in a dilTerent handwriting 
i from the copyist's 

! George ffairebanke his 
last Will & 
Testanit. 

ffor his Lovinge Cousen Jonathan 
Fayrebancke in new Ingland 
I these 

Delivr. 
The last Will and Testament of George 
ffairbanke of Sowerby in ye Vickeridge of 
Halifax & County of Yorke, Clothier 

May ye xxviijth. 1650 
Conserninge ye Disposal of all my world- 
ly goods : ffirst my will and minde is yt all 
my lawful! debts ffuneral expenses & char- 
ges I haue putt lames Platts to in this my 
sickness bee paid out of my whole Estate ; 
And then my will & minde is as foUoweth ; 



Jnprimis J giue and bequeath to Mr. 
Henery Roote fforty shillingr ; J giue ^.• 
beipieath to ye poore of Sowerby ye Sum'e 
of xls to be distributed amongst them as 
my Executor shall thinkc most fitt ; J giue 
iS: be'iuaith to Michael ffairebanke my 
brother xls.; J giue & betjuaith to my 
brother Deanes' Children wc h hee had by 
my Sister xls. ; J giue & bequaith to my 
brother John Axenoppe xls. ; J giue and 
bequaith to Ellis Rutters & his wife xls. ; 
J. giue and becjuaith to my brother Jeremias 
wife and Children xxxs. e(iually to bee 
deuided amongst them ; J giue and be- 
quaith unto ye Children of Henery Blackley 
hee had by my sister Abigail xxs. ; J. giue 
& bequaith to Mr. Jonathan ffairbanke 
xxs; J. giue &: bequeath to Sushan Chad- 
wicke ffic! pounds; J giue & bequeath t" 
George ffairebanke sonne of George ffaire- 
banke ye sum'e of 5^^ ; J guie & bequeath 
to /\braham Platts pe sum'e of 6 /!" ; J giue 
& bequeath to Nathan Bates sonne of 
Mathew Bates xs; J giue to Henery Stan- 



hops xijd ; J giue to Nathan Hobroyd ijs 
vjd ; J giue to Sara Chadwicke daughter of 
Sushan Chadwiche vs ; J giue to Nicholas 
Cunliffe 5s; J giue to Grace Kiluer xs ; J 
giue to Nathan Carter sonne of Michaell 
Carter deceased ffive shill. ; J giuve to 
Sara Platts ffive shill. ; j giue to James 
Sharpe ffive shill.; J giue to James Casson 
xs ; J giue & bequeath to Mary Platts wife 
of James Platts wth whome J now live 5;^ 
J give & bequethe to Sarah Platts daughter 
of James Platts 3^ I giue to lohn Bawden 
& his wife xs ; I giue to Mary Earneshawe 
and her three Children, eury one of them 
xs ; J giue to Michaell Earneshaw, my 
Purple suite, one Ifustion doublett with silver 
buttons at ; J giue & bequeath to James 
Platts with whom I now lieu x^ as also a 
newe peece of cloath Tanney C[ou]ller to 
be him a suit ; & all such things as to 
make vpp complete for weareinge, J giue & 
bequethe to Samuel ffarrer ye summe of 5^ 
pvided hee bee Lieueinge twelue monthes 
after my death. Alwayes pvided & my will 



& minde is yt my Executer shall not payet 
Legacyes till ye suites now commenced 
against any pson or psons bee fully ended 
& if it so fall out yt ye suite or suits com- 
menced doe call for & expend more then is 
expected so yt theire is not sufficient to 
paye ye legacyes giuen then my will& minde 
is yt eury one shall baite of his Legacie ac- 
cordinge as my Estate shall fall short ye re- 
sidue of my goods Catties & Chatties vndi- 
posed of J giue and bequeth to James Platts 
whom J ordaine and appointe sole Executer 
of this my last will and Tetament & I doe 
hereby revoke all other wills whatsour. In 
Witnes whereof I haue putte my hand. In 
ye presence of witnesses Robert Tilletson 
iVIary Platts Grace Lee Abraham Platts. 
Vera Copia Concordance with original. 

This is an interesting document both ass 
to loving remembrance and showing the re- 
lationship existing between George and Jon- 
athan, also that the famous John Prescott,: 



the founder of Lancaster, Mass., whose 
daughter I.ydia married Jonas, the third 
son of Johnath^n, was also "in the family," 
as his wife was Mary Platts. 

Of the children of Jonathan and (iracc 
we have not space to say much about them 
in this article. At some subse(|uent time 
we will relate their "going outs." 'I'hcv 
were all strong characters, well fitted to he 
the "fathers of towns," as they at least 
k were. Following the English law of entail, 
John, the oldest son, came into possession 
of the homestead and from that time down 
to 1S97, the old house was continuously 
occupied by him and his descendants, 
through eight generations, to Rebecca the 
last of the fami y tenants. The following 
document is of much interest : 

* Latest information ( 1908) seems to point to his 
being a younger half brother of Jonathan. 



Will ok Jonathan Fakabnke ok Dki>ham 
1668 

In the ycarc of our Lord one thousand 

sixc hundred sixty and eight, the first day 

of the fourth month, cctm'only c*llc<i June, 

I Jonathan iTarbanke of dc«lham in the 

Countie of SutTolke Senioc, Hcmg sicke 

and weake, And expecting that my day of 

desolution is drawmg nccrc doc in the 

name an<l feare of (if)d ordamc an<l make 

this my last will I'v: Testamt for the dis- 

poseing and settling of the things of this 

life, with whirh the Lord hath at present 

Intrustcti me in manner iV forme as follo- 

weth ; viz fifrst 1 commit iny soule to (iod 

that gaue it, Trusting in the alone Righte- 

ousnes i\: mediation of Jesus (!hrist my 

Rcdenier and aduocate, & my body to the 

earth whence it wav taken : to be after my 

decease, l>esently buried therein in christ- 

in buriall at the discretion of my F.xecutor. 

In prims I giue and bequeath vnto grace mv 

Deere & well beloved wife, All and Fverv 



prt and prcell of my all moueable Estate 
whatsoeuer as well within doors as without, 
namely all my household sruffe, of all 
& Euery sort & kinde as also all my cattell 
of all kinds all my corne cartes ploughs 
workeing tooles & vtensils of husbandrye 
all debts due to me & whatsoeuer Ells 
come within the denomination of moueable 
Estate & all this I giue and Bequeath 
to my said wife, to despose as when And 
to whom shee shall at any time see meete. 
And more I giue to grace my said wife an 
Annuitie of Eight pound pr Annm to be 
paid to her or her assignee to her vse 
yearely and euery yeare, in two equall 
parts.** Ite I giue & bequeathe to George 
(ffarbanke my secon)d sonne & to his 
heyres for euer, sixteene pounds the one 
halfe weereof shall be payed to him within 

the space of one ( ) yeare next 

ensueing after the decease of my wife ; 
And whereas I have allready giuen and doe 
hereby confirme to my said sonne George 
all that my prt in the general deuident 



(dividend?) already laid out thro Mead 
field & some working tooles & such like 
small things, my will & my mind is, That 
the said parcell of lande and those tooles 
and other small things soe giuen shall be all 
indifferently and Equally aprized and if 
they shall together amount to the value of 
eight pounds then it shall be accounted for 
his first payment. *** And I giue and 
bequeathe to my daughter Mary the wife of 
Christofore Smith the summe of sixteen £^ 
I giue to my said daughter in prticuler, & 
distinct from her husbans Estate & to be 
allwayes at her dispose, this sixteen pounds 
to be payed in two equall (sum'es?) of 
Eight pounds.*** Item More I giue to my 
said daughter Mary Three pounds to pur- 
chase her a suite of apparell to be paid 
within the space of three months after my 
decease. Item I giue and bequeath to 
Jonas ffarbank my third sonne & his heyres 
for euer like the sume of sixtene pounds to 
be allso payed in two equal sumes.*** I 
giue and bequeath to Jonathan ffarbanke 



my youngest sonne & to his heighers the 
like suine of sixteene pounds, to be paid 
allso in two P^cpial Sum'cs.*** Item I giue 
and bequeath Sarah the Eldest daut^hter of 
my Sonne John rt"arel)anke one young beast 
betwixt one and two years of age, & more 
three pounds to be payed to my Executor 
when she shall attaine lawfull age. the 
young beast before mentioned I Rcserue 
out of the catteil bequeathed to (irace my 
wife ; Item I giue and bequeath to my 
Sonne in lawe Ralph Daye fTouty shillings 
to be payed within six monthes after mv 
wives decease ; 

Item I giue & bequeathe to each of the 
foure Children of the said Ralph which he 
had by my daucrhtor Susan his late wife 
the sum'e of tlourtie shillings to be payed 
souerally as they shall ottaine lawfull age 
pruided all my other Legacies to my three 
sounes & and my daughter be first i)ayed 
in manner as is above Expressed ; Item my 
mind & my will is that all these my lega- 
cies aboue bequeathed, the specie or itind of 



payment wliereof is not named shall be al' 
])ayi(l in ciirrt-nl C'oiitrcy payment at priei 
then Currant In d('(i[ham 1 guie A: baijui-- 
atlij To John flfarebanke my Eldest sonnr 
all my houses «X; lands whatsouer, not be- 
ing formerly aboue [mentioned? togetli]er 
with all my common Rightes it towne pru- 
iligcs whatsoeur, to haue posses & enjoy 

the same ( ) & his lu-yers ( to) 

enter vpon all my lands forthwith after my 
decease ; and all my houses and yardes at 
the end of foure mo'nthes n(ext followin)g 
the same ; Item I do nominate apoint atid 
ordaynt.' ,I(jhn Kairebancke my afTorsaiil 
Eldest Sonne, To lie my sole Executer to 
whom I commit all necessary trust & power 
Re<iuisete for the due and full prformeance 
»S: Execution of this my last will us it be- 
longs or is necessary for an Executor to 
dui' in all tfc eury prt as is aboue expressed ; 
Item I allso name &. entreate my very lou- 
i:!g friends Eleazer Lusher & Retter Wod- 
ward Sene to \m- ouerscesr to the peiform- 
onee of this my present will «S: to be 



assisting to my aboue named Executor 
therin as themselves shall see cause, & I 
do hereby reuoke & make null & voide all 
others or former wills whatsouer by me 
formerly made ; & doe avouch & decleare 
this present writing, as is aboue herin en- 
tered, to be & contayne my true onely & 
last will & testemant. 

In witnes whereof I the said Jonathan 
ffarebanke Sene haue herevnto subscriced 
my hand & affixed my seale the day & 
yeare first aboue written. 

This is a true copy of the wiU of Jonathan 
Fayerbanke senyore. 

as attest Daniell ffisher. 
William Avery. 



The inventory of the estate is interest- 
ing as showing the valuation of property 
and something of the habits of life at that 
time. The whole amounted to 214 pounds 
048 02d. which was quite a large estate 
for those early days. 



Inventory op the Estate op Jonathan 
Fairbanke. 

An Jnventory of the whole Estate of 
Jonathan Fairbanke Sene late of Dedham 
deceased made and taken ye 16th of 10th 
mo. Anno 1668 by those names are under- 
written. Viz. 

Jn the parlenr 
Jn pmis ye bookes 00-18-00 

Jn money 9s 8d the purse in 

which the money was 4d 00-10-00 
Jte the weareing woolen Apa- 

rill of the deceased, with 

one hatt, with boots & cet. 05-07-00 
Jte weareing linen 01-01-00 

Jte bedstead matt and bed- 

eoarde 00-10-00 

Jte 4 bed Curtaynes 00-15-00 

Jte one blew Rugg 2 blankets 

and one payer of sheets 03-15-00 
Jte 1 slack bed one Fether 

bolster 2 fether pillwes & 

2 pillow beers 02-00-00 




Original Old Kitchen. (The same in igoeasin 1636) 



-Ite one trundel beadstead bed 

coarde and matts 00-06-00 

ite one toilet— one blanket 

1£— one bedteak 5s 01-05-00 

ite 2 feather pillowes 0O-12-00 

Jte one Livery Cupboarde, 01-05-00 

Jte one sea (tea?) chest OO-O.'J-OO 

Jte 2 Cleve.s, 00-06-00 

Jte one olde Warmeing panne 00-02-0G 
Jte one Sunne Dvali 2s one 

dryeiug iron Is one door 00-04-00 

Jte one Sworde Me one Cuwto- 

las 4s 00-12-00 

Jte 2 gunnes 1 pound one musket 

rest Is 01-01-00 

Jte one half pike 2s Gd one 

gragno staflfe Is one other 

small staffe 4 00-03-10 

and other items 
Jn the Halle (kitchen) 
Ite 2 old Tables and one 

forme 3-Gd one Cheyer 2-6 00-06-00 
Ite one brasse Skillet 5 one 

Other olde skillet Is od OOOG-06 



Ite one olde kettle 1% one 

Jron pot 58 2pr pott hooks 

28-6 00-14-06 

Ite 2Bakers 2-6 2Cokrow8 

IOb fire shovt'll Ac tongs 5h 00-17-06 
Ite Fewte(?) 2b one fryeing 

panne 28 00-04-00 

Jte If, wooden platters Is 6d 

one boxe 9 00-02-00 

Ite 2 wooden bottles Is one 

tobacco knife and trencher 

8d 00-01-08 

Ite 6 aloamin spoones Is 3(1 

one pewter wine ( ?) cupp 3d 00-02-00 

Ite 4 pewter Dishes ^8 2 pieces 

of old pewter Is 00-09-00 

Ite one painted Dish one gully 

dish Is 00-01-00 

Ite 4 spinning wheeles 00-02-00 

a;/(/ other items 
In the parlour Chamber 

Ite one bedstead line »t mat 

8s th bcdiliiig hereupon 

2 pounds Ms 02-16-00 



Ite one piece of new cotton 

cloath, 00-18-00 

Its 3 sheets 2 pillow beers one 

short table cloath 03-00-00 

Its 12 pieces of linnen 14s 2 

old sheets 3 pieces of old 

linnen 5s. new linnen 15 yds. 

2-1.11 02-10-00 

Jte one piece of english cotton 

on (one) snap sash — one 

poulder home & poulder in it 00-05-00 

Jte one Chest and one( ) 00-07-00 

In the rooms called the new 

house, and in the chamber 

of the new house, many 

items farming ^ tools corn rye 

peas wheat hemp and flax 
In the working cellar 

Item 2 vices and one turning 

laeth and other Seuch things 

belonging to that roome 01-00-00 

In another cellar 

Ite 4 beere possets one Churne, 

cheese, butter, beefe, &c., 01-17-00 



In the cellar in the yarde 

Ite 4 barreles with Cider in 
them one poulderiug(^^^w 
dering saltiitg) tubb wth 
some pork in it — and apples 01-16-00 
In the hafe chamber 

Ite many Smale tools for turn- 
ing and other the like work, 03-00 00 

Jte sheeps wool and cotton 
woole 8s linnen yarne and 
cotton yarne Vl% 3 tubbs 
one keeler one screw & c 01-00-00 

Ite scales and weights — and 

lead 4s6d 00-04-06 

hopps in a bag 00-01-06 

In the purvis 

Jte Some Indian and one old 

fanne 00-04-00 

In the 3'arde 

Jte one Cider presse with the 
things belonging thereto 
and g.ined estones 01-00-00 

Jn cattell 

Jte 3 swine 2pouuds5s with the 

piggs belonging thereto 02-05-90 



4 Cowes and one yearning 




Jte in purgatory playne— 22 




Calf 


14-00-00 


acres uplands 


22-00-00 


'2 Steeres about I yeares old 


()8-()i)-00 


Jte in the Lowe playne - - 




Jte baye iu the barn and bar 




acres 


8-00-00 


floorcs 


03-00-00 


Jte North Deuideus 4 acres 


12-00-00 


Jte the home Lett with the 




Jte in the Clapboarde trees 


02-00-00 


adition of Lande in the 




Jte Swampe in the great 




wigwam playue — the orch 




Ceader Swampe ueer sawe 




yard and all the buildings 




mille 


1-00-00 


thereupon 


60-00-00 


Jte at moolomonupongo 3 Cow 




Jte the s Cows Comons 


16-00-00 


Comouri 


08-00-00 


Jte 6 acres of meadowe in 




Jte rights at Porrosum Pranlo 


03-00-00 


Broade meadowe 


5-00-00 


Klza Lusher 




Jte 2 acres at forest meadow 




Petr Woodward See 


and Comon meadow shore 


6-00-00 


Daniall IJishe 


r 



The Family Record 



The first famdy record reads thus : 

Jonathan Fayerbanke w^as born in Eng- 
land, proba])ly al)Out lo95. lie n)arried, 
(Halifax, England, parish register) >Liv 
20, 1617, Grace Smith of Warley, England. 



He died in Dedham, Mass., December 5, 
1GG8 ; she died either December 28, 1673, 
or May 10, ir,70. 

Their children were all born in England. 

1. John, born (bapt) February l.'>. 



1617-18; married, March 1, 1641, Sarah 
Fiske. They lived on the Dedham home- 
stead, where he died November 13, 1684 ; 
she died Nov. 26, 1683. Five children. 

2. George, born (bapt) November 28, 
1619 ; married, October 26, 1646, Mary 
Adams of Dedham. They removed to 
Sherborne, afterwards Medway, where he 
was an esteemed citizen. He was drowned 
January 10, 1682. His wife died August 
11, 1711. Seven children. 

3. Mary, born (bapt) Feb. 3, 1621-2; 
married, April 2, 1644, Michael Metcalf, 
Jr., who was born in England, August 29, 
1620. He died March 1, 1654, and she 
married secondly, August 6, 1654, Chris- 
topher Smith of Dedham. She died June 
4, 1684. He died November 7, 1676. 
Five children by first husband, one by the 
latter. 

4. Jonas, born (bapt) March 6, 1624- 
5 ; removed to Lancaster, Mass., in 1657, 
where he married, May 28, 1658, Lydia, 
daughter of the famous John Prescott who 



also came from Sowerby, England. He 
was killed by the Indians, February 10, 
1676, during a raid upon the settlement. 
Seven children. 

5. Susan, born (bapt) Dec. 10, 1627 
at Thorne; married, October 12, 1647, 
Ralph Day of Dedham. She died July 
8, 1659. Six children. 

6. Jonathan, born about 1628-9; re- 
sided in Dedham near his brother John. 
He married Deborah, daughter of Edward 
Shepard of Cambridge. He died Jan, 28, 
1711-12 ; she died September 7, 1705. 

Nearly all persons in the United States 
bearing the name of Fairbank or Fair- 
banks, are related by direct descent from 
Jonathan the first, while there are many 
others who take a pride in tracing their 
lineage back through the daughters to the 
original family tree. 



Michael Mctcalf Family. 

\ f ICHAKL Mctcalf, the emigrant 
\\l\ ancestor of this family, was born 
XfX in Tattcrford, Count)- of Nor- 
folk, Kngland. baptized "17th die Jime 
1587." He married Sarah, daughter of 
Thomas and Kli/.abeth Elhvyn, Oct. 13, 
1616. She was born in Heigham Eng- 
land, on the 17th of June, 1593. 

His father Leonard Metcalf, narrowlv 
escaped the scaffold in 1569, when he 
joined in the rising in the North, in the 
interest of Mary, Queen of Scots. He 
was captured and condemned, but his 
execution was "stayed" to wait the 
Queen's pleasure, — and fmally he was 
released, as he was announced to be "a 
very quiet honest gentleman '" His 
large estates at Yorkshire, however, 
were taken from him. after which he left 
the country and settled in Norfolk, 



where several of his children were born. 
It was in troublous times that Michae] 
was born ; being a very zealous noncon- 
formist, he was often involved in con- 
troversies with his Hishfjp. Hy occu- 
pation he was a "Dornix weaver." This 
Dornix was a kind of stuff used for Cur- 
tains, Carpets and Hangings. So called 
from Doornick or Tournay, a city in 
Flanders, where it was first made. He 
was highly thought of, a prominent man 
in the city of Norwich, where he was 
made a freeman. June 21, 161S. Ele- 
ven children were there born to Michael 
and Sarah. Being a zealous Puritan he 
was hated and bitterly persecuted by the 
Bishop of Nonvich, Matthew Wren, who 
twenty years afterwards, when Cromwell 
was in power, was brought to trial for 
his persecution of the Puritans. The 
days came when Michael was obliged to 



flee for his life, and the following ex- 
tracts are taken from a copy of his letter 
written in Plymouth, England, Jan. 13, 
1636, directed, "To all the true profes- 
sors of Christ's Gospel within the City 
of Norwich." 

"I was persecuted," he writes, "in the 
land of my fathers' sepulchres, for not 
bowing at the name of Jesus, and obser- 
ving other ceremonies in religion forced 
upon me, at the instance of Bishop 
Wren of Norwich, and his Chancellor 
Dr. Corbet, whose violent measures 
troubled me in the Bishop's Court, and 
returned me into the High Commision- 
er's Court. Suffering many times for 
the cause of religion, I was forced, for 
the sake of the liberty of my conscience, 
to flee from my wife and children, to go 
into New England ; taking ship for the 
voyoge at London the 17th of Sept. 
1636 ; being by tempests tossed up and 



down the seas till the Christmas follow- 
ing ; then veering about to Plymouth in 
Old England, in which time I met with 
many sore afflictions. Leaving the ship 
I went down to Yarmouth, in Norfolk 
County, whence I shipped myself and 
family to come to New England ; sailed 
15th April, 1637 and arrived three days 
before mid-summer, with my wife, nine 
children and a servant." In a postscript 
he remarks, "My enemies conspired 
against me to take away my life, and 
sometimes, to avoid their hands, my wife 
did hide me in the roof of the house, 
covering me with straw." 

This letter from which the extracts are 
taken, is a long one, written probably 
after his first attempt to leave ; he speaks 
of himself as an exile from his wife and 
children, "with whom he would gladly 
have continued, if with liberty!' This 
letter will be printed in full with others 



in the 'Mctcalf Gcncology ; data for 
which is gradually being secured by the 
b'amil)' I listorian. 

He settled at once in Dedham near to 
his old friend Jonatiian l'a)-crbanke, 
where he was admitted a townsman, Jul)' 
14, 1637, joining the church in i^>yj, 
made a selectman in 1641. His name 
stands first in the committee chosen to 
" contricthe fabricke of a meeting house." 

Here his eldest son Michael, met and 
won his bride, Mary, the eldest daughter 



of Jonathan Kayerbanke. To them five 
chiUlren were born. Michael Junior 
died in the 34th year of his life ; Mary 
afterwards married Christopher Smith 
of Dedham. by whom she had one son. 
The descendants of Michael and Mary 
are now numbered by the many thou- 
sands, composing names eminent in Lit- 
erature, Science, Politics and Art — such 
names as the Ware's. ICverctt's, Hun- 
tington's Quincys'. 



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